Carl Sandburg
18781967
American writer and editor who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his poetry and biography of Abraham Lincoln, widely regarded as a major figure in contemporary literature
18781928
Russian army general of Baltic German origin and the last commander-in-chief of the White forces in Southern Russia during the Russian Civil War, known as the "Black Baron"
18781944
Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the second president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944, and the first to head a government of the entire Philippines
18781957
German expressionist novelist, physician, and essayist known for Berlin Alexanderplatz and his contributions to German literary modernism
18781947
Swiss writer, poet, librettist, and essayist celebrated for his French-language literary contributions
18781967
Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister during the post-WWII occupation, forging strong ties with the U.S. and spearheading economic recovery
18781959
Argentine lawyer, politician, and diplomat who was the first Latin American Nobel Peace Prize recipient, recognized for authoring the Argentine Antiwar Pact of 1933 and mediating peace between Paraguay and Bolivia
18781968
Austrian-Swedish physicist instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission